Li Qifu. Strengthen the screening of primary aldosteronism:brook no delay. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 41(11):1091-1093(2016) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.001043.
Strengthen the screening of primary aldosteronism:brook no delay
Primary aldosteronism(PA)is a disease in which aldosterone secretion is autonomously high and renin-angiotensin Ⅱ axis is inhibited because of some adrenal cortex diseases. PA causes hypertension with(or without)hypokalemia
high plasma aldosterone and the suppression of plasma renin. Although effective treatment methods have been determined
most patients have not been discovered and treated appropriately all over the world. Therefore
this review emphasize the epidemiology
perniciousness
diagnostic process and diagnostic difficulty and solutions of PA.